Ultra-processed foods (UPF) have become increasingly popular and range from chips to microwave meals and even bread. Even just a casual glance at supermarket shelves reveals...
Australians are bracing for a hot spring and summer. The Bureau of Meteorology has finally declared El Niño is underway, making warmer and drier conditions more...
Each year, millions of birds fly into power lines, wind turbines and the other man-made structures that litter the open air space. These collisions frequently result...
With all the terrible news on climate change, it’s easy to lose track of what’s happening with particular species. So, in case you missed it, a...
In August, the federal government published its vision for decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2035 “as a step toward achieving net-zero emissions across the economy by...
The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record...
How do the clothes you buy wear out the natural world? To take stock of the damage you have to account for the materials, water and...
Earthquakes, large and small, happen every single day along zones that wrap around the world like seams on a baseball. Most don’t bother anybody, so they...
For most of us, Antarctic sea ice is an abstraction – something far away we may have seen on a documentary. But the radiant white sheets...
Drinking straws that are made from materials like paper and bamboo are often promoted as more eco-friendly than their plastic counterparts. However, a new study has...